Wellington Books and Eliza D. Braun arrive in Cairo, Egypt, sent from Ministry headquarters on an archival audit. What Wellington hopes will be a stay in the cradle of civilization and a break from the bitter winter of England instead looks to be a brief visit on account of Eliza’s poor attitude and the disdain of the area field director, Marcus Donahue.The plans for an uneventful collection of case documents and artefacts are soon shattered by a massacre that that can only be descr...

Eliza D Braun is a young field agent in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (South Pacific Branch) when she is asked by New Zealand's preeminent suffragist to investigate some strange goings within the organisation.She cannot possibly imagination that this little case will alter her entire life and thrust her into a world barely prepared for her.Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned ...

From the creators of the award-winning steampunk series comes a new adventure set in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences universe.While Verity Fitzroy loses herself in magical mechanizations and fantastical science of London, she harbours secrets of the death of her parents, of a mystery she can't leave alone, and of her power over machinery that both excites and terrifies her. Verity is part of the Ministry Seven, street orphans that work for Agent Harrison Thorne of the Ministry...

The street urchins that will one day be called the Ministry Seven, have a task from Agent Harrison Thorne. It seems simple enough, however their leader Miss Verity Fitzroy discovers that a surprise from her past is tangled up with this mysterious man which leads to a very precarious situation.Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned in the novels, characters seen and unseen and may include nove...

Sophia del Morte, the enigmatic Italian beauty with a penchant for espionage, is back in her picturesque Italian village for the holidays. Known for her lethal skills in the clandestine world of espionage, Sophia now faces an opponent more formidable than any adversary she's encountered—her own family. As the year draws to a close, Sophia grapples with the prospect of awkward dinner conversations and familial intrigue.Will the secrets of the del Morte clan be laid bare under the tw...

A literary short story from author Philippa Ballantine author of Geist, and Kindred and Wings, and co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.A woman goes looking for answers about her grandmother in a drawer of old photos. Through them she travels back in time, finding answers and more that—something she’d thought she’d lost.

A steampunk sci-fi fantasy featuring a duo of British investigators determined to uncover a dark conspiracy in Victorian London.Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade . . . and a librarian.These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as corpses on the banks of the Thames, drained of blood and bone. Yet the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences—the Crown’s clandestine or...

From the award-winning steampunk authors, Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, come these fantastic adventures of spy craft, science, and the supernatural.When Agents Eliza D. Braun and Wellington Thornhill Books, Esquire, were first partnered up in the Archives of The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, it was hard to believe they would ever delight in one another's company, let alone engage in acts of derring-do within and outside the boundaries of Her Majesty's Empire.The Books ...

Four steampunk novelettes from the authors of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, Pip Ballantine and Tee MorrisLittle Red Flying Hood by Tee MorrisPrepare for a dogfight with the Big, Bad Wolf...In France a deadly battle is raging in the skies, but Scarlett Quinn has been shuffled off to reconnaissance duty in an ailing biplane that has seen better days. However, fate will put her in the cross-hairs of one of Germany's greatest aces, behind enemy lines and way over...

From the imagination behind the award-winning Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series comes a steampunk novella inspired by Hans Christian Andersen.The mermaid Lorelei is the youngest daughter of King Triton, but she has always been drawn to the Above world. Though she is revels in the joys of her tail and the underwater world, she has never felt she belongs there. The Sea Witch and her marvelous contraptions offer a way to pursue her dreams. What she will find the...

A novelette of steampunk and magic, from one of the minds behind the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.Based on Hans Christian Anderson's classic fairytale Wild Swans, this is the story of Eleanor and her quest to save her beloved brothers.When the beautiful Faine Escrew marries Eleanor's father, she, her brother's and the flying City of Swans are thrown into danger. Even worse, she is sent away by her new step-mother, and discovers her brothers have been locked in mechanical ...

From the writers of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrencescomes the erotic novel you haven’t been waiting for.Anastasia Brassingware is a daughter of English aristocracy, but her station has been brought low by her father’s belief in ridiculous quick schemes. Now forced into penury, she must take any menial job.A chance meeting with enigmatic pineapple merchant, Lord Heathcliff Redd, has changed everything. Drawn in by his brooding ways, the maiden discovers the pineapp...